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depart not sad in heart." At these words the lion lowered his head
and fell at the feet of Hatim, and began to wipe his eyes against
them. Hatim said, " Creature of God, far be it from Hatim that thou
shouldst depart hungry ; for God the Supreme has created the horse
for the benefit of * Hatim (be it known) knew the languages of all
animals, and conversed with them most freely wherever he went.
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G THE ADVENTURES OF his creatures, therefore eat : and if

thou hast a desire for my own flesh, as a divine duty I will bestow it
on thee : but go not away hungry and distressed in heart. Of my
own free will I give (up myself), and if thou eal me not, thou wilt
distress me." The lion laid his face in the dust, and then departed to
his haunt. Thus did ilatim practise beneficence and kindness, which
he extended towards his fellowcreatures. He never gave way to
selfish repining or regret, and in the way (which is pleasing) to God,
he devoted his life and person to the service of humanity.
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11 A 'MM TAT. EOOK I. Containing the History of Husn

Banu, the daughter of Burzakh the merchant — Her expulsion, from
the King of Khorasan's capital, and her removal from her country —
Her finding in the desert the treasures of seven Kings, and, her
beneficence towards mankind — Her becoming celebrated, in the
world, and her being beloved by Munir, the Assyrian prince — Hatim
hears of the circumstance — His visit to Husn Banu on account of
her seven remarkable sayings, of which he undertakes an
explanation. They say that in the kingdom of Khorasan there lived a
monarch by name Kurdan Shall, who supported in his train five inks
of horsemen ami ten thousand couriers, also musketeers and
archers. Each of his nobles he entrusted with the care of a province
; and his justice and equity were such that, he made the lion and
the lamb drink water from the same fountain, and he never
oppressed his subjects. In his rci'_rn (here lived a merchant, by
name Burzakh, who possessed much wealth and dignity, and whose
agents travelled in all directions in pursuit of commerce. lie himself
was on intimate terms with the kin"-, and the monarch's regard for
him was extreme. After sonic time, when his hour arrived, he died,
and left no heir except an only daughter, by name Husn Banu, on
whom was settled the whole of her father's wealth and property. At
this period Husn Banu was twelve years old, and Burzakh on his
death-bed left his daughter to the king's care, who with great
kindness said, "she is my own •daughter ;" and he accordingly made
over to Husn Banu all the wealth and property left by her father.
Shortly after, the daughter, who was possessed of wisdom, and
looked on worldly wealth as sand, began to bestow her treasures
and effects in charity, and she used to remark, "that Ave ought not
to entangle ourselves amidst, the contaminations of the world.''
Having sent for her nurse, she consulted her, saying, "my dear
mother, it is not my intention to marry, pray tell me by what means
can I keep myself secure from the hands of worldly men ? some sort
of plan we must form.'' The nurse replied, "I have seven questions*
which * The word Saicdt, denotes question or qn .••//, ami ay the
solution of each of tl.ese seven quei ie
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8 l HE A.DVENTURES OF you shall put to every man who

desires to become your husband ; whosoever skill answer them
properly, and shall agree to the term* (which they embrace), him
you shall accept. The seven questions are the following : — \st. —
What I saw once, I long for a second time. 2nd. — Do good, and
cast it upon the waters.* 3rd. — Do no evil ; if you do, such shall
you meet with. 4th. — He who speaks the truth is always tranquil.
5th. — Let him bring an account of the mountain of Nida.
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HATIM TA'l. 9 of viands for the pious man. She also

prepared for an offering to him nine suits of silken garments
embroidered with gold, and seven trays of pure brilliant gold, along
with several baskets full of fruit. On the following morning the
dervise with his forty attendants proceeded to the house of Husn
Banu. Now although this dervise was a man in appearance, yet he
possessed the nature of Sha'itan the fiend, and when going on his
way he would not deign to tread the earth : for his slaves paved his
path with bricks of gold and silver, and on these alone he placed his
feet and walked ; and in this mode of marching he came to Husn
Banu's house. When the latter was informed that the dervise was
arrived, she ordered them to cover the space extending from the
outer gate to the interior of the house with carpets embroidered
with gold and silver, on which the pious man might walk. After the
dervise of high dignity stepped upon the carpet, he entered the
house* and was seated on a throne befitting a king. Husn Banu iu
the first place brought for the acceptance of the dervise the trays full
of gold and silver, which he accepted not, saying, " These sculptured
pieces of worldly dross are of no service to me." When they saw that
the dervise would not accept the money, they then brought him the
baskets filled with sweet fruits, and laid them on the table. All the
trays and other dishes, and also the dish-covers, were of gold and
silver, as were likewise the ewers and goglets, and the whole display
was princely. The couches and screens were richly embroidered with
gold, and they placed before the dervise food of every kind and
variety, and sweetmeats of every description ; and they waited upon
him for washing his hands, with ewers and goglets of gold. The
arrangements of the table being finished the dervise began to eat ;
but ever and anon his eye wandered to the gold and the various
utensils, and he said in his heart, " Gracious heaven ! what a
wealthy man Burzakh the merchant must have been ; who
possessed in his house treasures and stores to such an extent that it
seems almost the wealth of a crowned head !" Heat the same time
considered in his heart, " this very night we must come into the
house of Burzakh's daughter and seize this treasure and furniture —
we must have recourse to theft." When the dervise had finished
eating, they presented him with perfumes ; but he all along had his
eyes on the various moveables. After some time, as evening
approached, the dervise took leave of Husn Banu. Her waiting men
and other servants who had been in attendance on the dervise went
to sleep. When about a watch of the n
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10 nil: ADVENTURES OF night had passed, the dervise with

his forty satellites, "who were complete thieves, entered the house
of Ilusn Kami, and having killed such of her people as attempted bo
give the alarm, securely carried off the whole property. Ilusn Barm
with her nurse having ensconced themselves in the lattice, were
ohserving the thieves, and knew them. After the latter had gone and
the morning advanced, Ilusn Banu having taken with her a few of
her domestics who had survived from the hands of that treacherous
villain, came to the king's court, and represented her grievance. The
king asked, •' Who is this, and against whom does she demand
justice ?" The attendants replied, " Sire, this is the daughter of
Burzakh the merchant ; she says, if it please the king, she will come
to his presence and represent her own case." The king summoned
Husn Banu to his presence ; she stated, "Long live the king !
Yesterday, as a sacred duty, I gave an entertainment to a dervise,
and bestowed on him my food, and this last night he has committed
murder in my house. He with his forty attendants privately entered
my dwelling and carried off the whole amount of my money and
property, and my people lie slain and wounded ; thus has the dark -
minded dervise acted towards me." The king on hearing this
accusation was enraged, and said, "Foolish woman, bringest thou
accusations against the most eminent of the age ? he covets nothing
earthly." Husn Banu replied, " Oh, upright prince ! he deserves not
to be called the eminent but rather the fiend of the age." At this
reply the king grew furious, and ordered that both herself and her
attendants should be stoned to death, in order that others might
take warning, and not utter such calumnies respecting his Majesty's
ghostly confessor and pious counsellor. Here the prime minister
stood up and said, " Sire, this is the daughter of Burzakh the
merchant, and you have been pleased already to shew her kindness
; but now when her father is no more, if you cause the daughter to
be thus put to death, then will perish from the hearts of your
subjects all confidence in the king's protection towards their
surviving children ; and instead thereof, they will be filled with
distrust : for this reason, Sire, I have deemed it proper to warn you."
To this the king replied, " Well, for the sake of Burzakh, we shall
spare her life ; but you shall expel her from the city and confiscate
her house ; this in-tanl she must be sent without the gates." The
people executed the order, and Ilusn Banu with her nurse turned
their laces to the desert with weeping and lamentation ; and the
attendants
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HATIM TA'l. 11 of that hapless lady, reduced to ruin,

wandered through the streets of the city. Husn Banu frequently said,
" Oh, mother ! this dervise has been a grievous curse to us ; and
yet, oh, God ! what crime have we committed that Ave should be
involved in such calamities ?" The nurse endeavoured to console her,
saying, " My child, what remedy can be applied against the
revolutions of fortune." In a few days they reached the desert,
where, underneath a shady tree, exhausted with hunger and thirst,
they fell asleep. To Husn Banu a man appeared in a dream saying, "
Be not sorrowful, underneath this tree is buried the treasure of the
seven regions, which wealth the king of truth has here kept hidden
for thy sake : arise and take possession thereof." She said, "I am a
woman and alone, how can I bring it out of the earth ?" To this, the
man replied, " Do thou dig a little with a spade ; let the means be
applied by thee, and God will grant success. Moreover, no one is able
forcibly to deprive thee of this wealth : arise then and build a city on
this spot." The lady and her nurse accordingly got up, and with a
piece of wood began to dig the earth, when instantly a pit fall of
yellow gold presented itself. It seemed like seven houses filled with
pure gold, and also chests full of jewels of every description. There
were likewise four cups full of rubies and costly pearls of the size of
duck's eggs. Husn Banu rejoiced, and in conformity with the true
faith, she stooped to the ground and rendered thousands of thanks
to God the Most High. She then handed some of the gold to her
nurse, and said, " Mother, do you return to the city and procure us
people, and bring us some food to eat and raiment to put on, and at
the same time look out for labourers and architects, for on this spot
I will build a solid edifice." The nurse objected, saying, " How can I
leave you here alone until some one else arrive ?" Whilst they were
in this conversation, who should pass by but the foster-brother of
Husn Banu dressed in a mendicant's habit. He recognized them, and
fell at the feet of Husn Banu, who weeping from joy lifted him up to
her side, and consoled him, saying, " Brother, be of good cheer, God,
the great and glorious, has bestowed on us abundance of wealth,
even beyond calculation. Take part of it and proceed to the city ;
bring hither all my dependents and relations, and purchase tents and
briug them, for on this spot we shall build lofty edifices, forming a
spacious city ; but you must not communicate this secret to any
one." The brother having taken part of the gold
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12 THE ADVENTURES OF came to the oitv ; and having

assembled Husn Banu'g former «!•• | »*-n (louts, who wandered
begging about the streets, he procured elegant tents and returned
with them. Husn Banu delighted, hadthe tents erected ; and soon
after lior brother went a second time to the city, and waited on the
principal builders, saving, " Send along with me your brother
craftsmen ; my master intends to build a mansion in the desert : he
is a most generous man, and will reward you amply." The builder (to
-whom he spoke) sent one of his brothers, by name Muammir, along
with Husn Banu's foster-brother, and both returned to where that
lady resided. The builder selected a pleasant spot, and there erected
a lofty mansion ; and Husn Banu bestowed on him a liberal
remuneration. The builder, thus delighted, sent for his friends and
strenuously laboured in the rearing of edifices, the digging of Wells,
and the building of a lofty palace. Husn Banu shewed them, the
greatest kindness, and said. " Now we must have a city built here."
Muammir replied, that it was not lawful to build a city without an
order from the king ; but if his Majesty should grant permission, it
would then be an easy matter. Husn Banu admitted the truth of this
remark ; and having dressed herself in man's apparel, she mounted
an Arab .-teed, and summoned several of her attendants. She also
carried with Iter for a present, a cup full of rubies and a casket of
brilliant jewels, and thus proceeded to the city, where she arrived a
h\v days after. She theu made some valuable presents to the king's
officers, who speedily conveyed the information to their master, that
a certain merchant had arrived from abroad, and that he wished to
offer his presents to the king ; that he now stood at the gate, a man
of beautiful countenance and of elegant form. The king gave orders
t<> bring him in, and Husn Banu accordingly entered, and after
performing her obeisance to the king, she presented to him the
casket of jewels and the cup full of rubies. When the king beheld the
jewels and the cup, he was highly delighted, and said, " Sir, whence
art thou ?" She replied, " My father was a merchant of Iram, and in
the course of events he died at sea. As I happened to Ik passing this
way and had heard of your Majesty's good qualities, my desire of
expressing my attachment and of tendering my most humble
services* became excessive. It is the wish of your slave to pass the
remainder of his life in the service of your Highness. When admitted
to kiss the threshold of your sublime gates, my prosperity will
become permanent * Literally "the kissing of the ground on which
your foot treads."
 ITATIM TAl. LS mid my happiness complete. Now I have no
kindred ; I am an orphan, and have pitched my tents in a tract of
the desert, where I hope, through your Majesty's kindness and
generosity, I may be allowed to build a city." At this statement the
king shewed much sympathy, and presented the stranger with a
dress of honour, adding, with the greatest courtesy and affection, "
As you have no father, let me be as a father to you, and let me
adopt you as my son." Husn Banu, with profound obeisance, replied,
" Since your Majesty has adopted me into the royal family, and has
raised from the dust this abject slave, let me state that my name is
Behram ; may I hope that my name will be deemed fit for this
threshold, of which may the head be exalted." Hereupon Kurdan
Shah bestowed on Husn Banu the name of Mahiu Shah,* and said, "
My dear son, the desert is far distant, you must build your city near
my capital, and I shall call your city by the name of Shahabad." Husn
Banu respectfully replied, "May the king's life-time be long. I have
taken a fancy to that desert, and besides it would be disrespectful to
build any city in the vicinity of your Majesty's capital. May I hope
that an order will be issued to the principal architects enjoining them
to make preparations for the building of a city." Kurdan Shah gave
his orders to the architects to that effect, and taking a most
affectionate leave of Husn Banu, said, " My dear son, when will you
return ? you must not deprive me long of your visits." Husn Banu
making a profound obeisance, said, " I hope that once every month
I may kiss the threshold of your Majesty." Pleased and delighted,
Husn Banu returned to the desert, and ordered Muammir to draw up
the plan of a city ; and having sent for more artists to proceed
speedily with the building, Muammir engaged in the building of the
edifices which were to form the city, and promoted the work night
and day with all expedition. Husn Banu from month to month made
a journey to the city to visit the king, whose kindness and affection
towards her were daily increasing. After two or three years a
spacious city was built, and its name was called Shahabad ; after
which, Husn Banu ordered the builders to be munificently rewarded.
It happened one day after Husn Banu had arrived to wait upon the
king, that his Majesty was proceeding to visit the dervise formerly
mentioned, and his eye having caught Husn Banu he said,
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TiAinr taT. 15 ■a cup full of rubies and jewels likewise, she

carried them with her. She then sent forward her attendants to the
mansion, and went herself hefore the king, and said, " Now I will go
for some days to the house of Burzakh ; to-morrow I expect to
entertain the renowned dervise with a banquet, and pass some time
in attendance upon him." On this, the king observed, " It is well,
such being the choice of my son ; but consider this house even as
your own." Husn Banu stood up and spoke : " This befriended slave
of your august Highness is truly fortunate, but is unable to express a
suitable acknowledgment. All the choice remaining in this slave is in
the will of your Majesty, wheresoever you command me there I will
stay." The king added, " wheresoever you be, let your heart be at
ease."* Husn Banu having taken leave of the king went to her
father's house, and ordered the materials for the banquet to be
prepared. She also sent one of her servants to wait upon the
dervise, and say that, if his Holiness would deign to visit her next
day, it would be the highest of favours. When the detestable Azrak
heard the term banquet, he replied that he would assuredly come
next day. Husn Banu ordered a princely throne, as on the previous
occasion, and got ready the entertainment. Next day that
abominable dervise came, and Husn Banu presented for his
acceptance t all the jewels and the cup of rubies which she had
brought with her ; the dervise rejected them all. She at the same
time placed all her moveables on a sideboard, in order that the eye
of the dervise might constantly fall upon them, and that his avarice
might be increased. The dervise observed them, and said in his
heart, " to-night I shall make some contrivance for carrying off all
this treasure ;" and Husn Banu was at the same time rejoicing in her
heart, (thinking) " this night I shall have you with all this property
tied together and carried before the king." In short, they brought the
banquet before him, and presented him with water to wash $ his
hands, and offered him food of every sort and description, and the
dervise along with his forty attendants began to eat. After having
taken a few mouthfuls, he commanded that they should desist. Husn
Banu made many apologies, and said, " Do me the kindness to eat
(of my banquet), for your so doing will be happi* It would be
difficult to translate this part literally, but the meaning is here given.
f By a collation with another MS. the word Xambar is used, and not
Xazar ; the former is better. X A well-known Mahomedan custom
previous to eating,
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]6 nil. ADVENTURES OF ness to your slave/' The dervise

answered, saying, " To the pious fakirs a few mouth fills are
sufficient ; to please you I have eaten heartily, but my usual food
consists of a few grain- of wheat." When they had ceased from
eating, they were presented witli perfumes ; but the dervise was
saying in his heart, " the whole of this property is mine." Alter some
time the villainous Azrak took leave of MahrQ Shah and came to his
own house, and deliberated with his attendant dervises one with
another, saying, " I have made a vow, and consecrated ir, and all the
food you have eaten is to you as well as myself an accursed thing,
till you bring away the jewels, the gold, and the silver." All the
attendants said, " It is well ;" and when the night set in, the whole
of the fakirs with their chief were in readiness for the theft. Husn
Banu also consulted her own people, and ordered them to leave the
whole property iti the same way (as at the banquet), and open all
the doors. She also wrote an explanatory letter to the captain of the
night-watch, concluding, " We shall be on our guard here, do you
also come and place yourselves in ambush, and the instant that my
people raise a shout, you shall present yourselves with the utmost
speed." She then charged her own people, saying, " When the
thieves come, you are not to move till they, after having seized all
the property, are on their return ; then you shall bind them all fast
with the goods (in their possession) ; and give the signal to the
kotwal, that he may come and seize them." Husn Banu's men,
agreeably to what their mistress had commanded, stationed
themselves as quietly as if they were dead. Meanwhile, Azrak with
his forty pious satellites arrived ami entered the residence of MahrQ
Shah, and all the property in money or effects which was found they
tied up in bundles, and were Carrying them oil'; Azrak himself having
taken in his hands the cup full of rubies, was returning with them. At
that instant Husn Banu's people and those belonging to the kotwal
rushed from their hiding places, and bound the thieves with their
hands behind their hacks, whose hearts were like to burst from
spite. The thieves were then consigned to the charge of the uight-
watch, each having the bundle which be carried fastened to his neck
; and strict orders were issued to secure them fast till morning,
when the affair should be decided before the king. When Husn Banu
saw that the enemy were overpowered and taken captives, pleased
and delighted, she called her servants and
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HA TIM TAT. 17 rewarded them munificently, and then said,

" So much of the night •(ill remains, that period you may pass in
repose." Next morning, when the king opened the public court, and
was seated on the throne of royalty, he observed, "This last night
there was a great deal of uproar, does any one know what was the
cause of it ?" During this, the kotwal entered, and gave his report,
saying, "About the time of midnight a gang of thieves entered the
residence of MahrQ Shah, the house that belonged to Burzakh the
merchant ; they had seized all the property that MahrQ Shah had
taken thither with him, and were on their return when information
was given to me : I hurried to the spot, and having secured the
thieves with the property, I have now brought them before the
public court ; and of the truth of this, Sire, we are certain for we
have witnessed the fact." When they were thus discoursing, MahrQ
Shah entered and made his obeisance. The king having caused him
to be seated, said, " My son, pray did the thieves last night break
into your house?" Husn Banu said, in reply, " Long live your Majesty
: the kotwal of the city arrived (with assistance) in time ; and now it
will be best to summon all the thieves into your royal presence." To
this the king agreed, and ordered them to be brought. The kotwal
led them before the king in a row, at the head ot which was Azrak
with the cup of rubies suspended to his neck, and after him the
other dervises, each having the bundle (which he had stolen)
fastened to his neck, and his hands tied behind him. The instant the
king saw them he remarked, that. " This man (at their head) greatly
resembles a certain dervise." Husn Banu said> " Please your
Majesty, let them be called nearer, and closely inspected ; it is
impossible that he should be the pious dervise." The king mode a
signal to the kotwal, who made the thieves one by one with his
bundle pass before his Majesty. The kotwal having thus sent them by
turns, Husn Banu rose up, and seizing the hand of the dervise with
the. cup of rubies, led him before the king. His Majesty asked, "
What is this fastened to the neck of Azrak ?" Husn Banu displayed
the cup of rubies to the king's sight. The king was lost in
amazement, and at last said, " Let every one of them be executed
on the scaffold, in order that the rest of the priesthood may be
deterred from such villainy, and that they may not mislead the
people ; and let them also be stripped naked." When the thieves
were stripped of their elothes, all their implements for thieving were
discovered. The king c
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18 INK AH\ I.NTI IM.S OT issued an order, stating, "Let

them be speedily executed on the gibbet, and let whatever property
belongs to MahrG Shah be returned to his own possession." When
Husn Banu saw that they were conveying Azrak to execution, she
arose from her seat and stood with hands joined before the king. His
Majesty said, " What is your request ?" Husn Banu replied, " Oh, my
Lord, I am the hereditary child of your court, nay, I am your
Majesty's adopted daughter, the child of Burzakh the merchant. I am
she Avhom your Majesty on account of this very dervise sentenced
to banishment from your capital. The property that belonged to my
father is still in the residence of the dervise ; his house must
therefore be strictly searched, in order that the whole of his villainy
may be discovered, and the veracity of your (laughter's declaration
may be confirmed before your Majesty." The king, on hearing these
words, was greatly surprised,* and gave orders for searching the
house of Azrak. He then addressed Husn Banu, saying, " I lately
called thee my child, there my tongue tittered and my mind
conceived what was trve. t Thou art no longer Burzakh's daughter,
thou art my own daughter." — " May I hope then," said Husn Banu,
" that your Highness will condescend to visit the house of your
daughter in the desert ; there I have immense wealth, which I will
freely bestow on him who is both my king and my father." To this
invitation his Majesty agreed ; and in the meantime all the property
left by Burzakh was discovered in the house of Azrak, and Husn
Banu having presented the same to the king, returned to Shahabad,
and ordered the streets of the city to be adorned on each side with
elegant mirrors preparatory to his Majesty's visit. Two days after,
Kurdan Shah arrived at Shahabad, where Husn Banu received him
with due honours, and conducted him to her own palace. She then
presented his Majesty with another cup full of rubies and a golden
tray tilled with costly jewels, after which she pointed out the seven
pits containing the gold. Hi- Majesty was highly delighted, and Husn
Banu requested him to issue orders to his attendants for conveying
the gold by loads to the royal treasury. The king gave orders to that
effect to his prime minister, who along with the accountants
proceeded to the mouth of the pit. Whenever they attempted to take
up the gold in order to * Literally " ''it the finger of perplexity with
his teeth." I A 
 HATIM TAT. IH convey it away, the whole of it was turned
into the forms of serpents and dragons. The attendants were
terrified, and sent notice of the circumstance to the king. His Majesty
on hearing this was astonished, and Husn Banu's countenance
turned pale* whilst she dreaded what proceedings he might adopt.
The king observed her anxiety, and said, " My child, why has thy
countenance turned pale ? Let nothing disturb thy mind, but be of
good cheer, for this gold is destined for thee, and over it I have no
power. Whatsoever thou pleasest do with it, take it into thy own
possession and use it." Husn Banu, making her obeisance,
addressed the king with the following request :: " Sire, jt is my wish
to make this city my home, and to spend this treasure in the service
of God, and also that no one may molest my retirement." Kurdan
Shah in courteous phrase replied, " Wheresoever thou dwellest thou
art my child, and hast the command of this treasure in thy own
hand, do therefore as thou thiukest fit." Kurdan Shah then sent back
his people to guard his palace, and he himself, after residing seven
days at the house of Husn Banu, returned to the capital. After that,
Husn Banu fitted up another house for entertaining travellers, and
bounteously furnished every individual with food and drink suitable
to his rank, and presented him at his departure with money for his
journey, and such other articles as might be deemed useful, thus
shewing her guests every attention. In a short time the name of
Husn Banu was celebrated by the travellers through every city and
town to this effect : " There is a young lady not yet married, by
name Husn Banu, who is extremely bounteous towards her fellow-
creatures. Her servants and attendants are so endowed with
integrity that they will not defraud (the stranger) of a single farthing,
t Gracious heaven ! what an age is this, when menials are so
conscientious ! What wonderful liberality, whereby they freely
bestow golden dinars upon the poor ! In the present times, people
of the world in general feel reluctant for every farthing and penny
they give to the poor, and menials without scruple X pilfer men's
property ; but such as these have neither the fear of God nor regard
for the Prophet." In short, Husn Banu's fame shone clearer than the
sun throughout the quarters of the earth as far as the confines of
the world. * Literally was changed into yellowness. •f- Falus plural of
Fa/as and obolus or any small coin. X The phrase is chashm basta in
the original.
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20 l II. ADVENTURES OF THE HISTORY OF SHAHZADA

MUNIR Historians have Informed us that there was a certain king of
Kharzim who had a son accomplished in mind ; and that, through
the medium of several men of intelligence, the fame of Husn Banu
came to the hearing of this prince. In the heart of this youth was
formed an eager desire to see Husn Banu ; he therefore sent his
own painter with the view of having a sight of Husn Banu, so as to
have a portrait of her drawn and brought to him. The painter
departed, and after several days arrived in Shahabad, where Husn
Banu's people, according to their general custom, attended and
presented him with food, shewing him every attention. After some
stay, when about to take leave, they conveyed him to Husn Banu's
presence ; she kindly inquired into his circumstances, and offered
him money for his journey. The painter said, "My wish is to serve
under your government, and spend the remainder of my life on your
threshold." Husn ,Banu asked, " What is your profession?" — " I
am," said lie, " a painter, who can delineate the moon from behind a
curtain."* Husn Banu then said, " Well, you may delay (your
departure) for a little ;" and some short time after she began to
consider in her mind, "how can I get a portrait of myself, for the
painter is a stranger, t However, what will be the harm of his
delineating my features from behind the curtain ?" The painter said,
" Most bountiful lady, do you stand on the rooft of the house, and
cause a vessel full of water to be placed below, then look down into
that vessel." Husn Banu did so, and the painter seeing her form in
the water, drew the picture and went with it to his own house,
where he delineated every Hue and mole § that, existed on the
original. He at the same time made two copies of the portrait, one of
which he presented to Husn Banu, and the other he kept for himself.
Shortly after, he requested leave of Husn Banu to return for his
family, if agreeable to her; on which she furnished him with money
for the journey, and granted him permission. * In Mahommedan
countries, painters draw ladies' portraits from behind a curtain or
thin veil, as it would be considered a breach of delicacy in a female
to shew her face to a stran f Literally, one who is not permitted to
enter the harem. £ Roofs in the East are Bat. § Moles arc considered
as a rare beauty, and where the faro hrn them not I '■■. thoy .Hie
ofirn supplied by art.
 HATIM TAi. 5[ The painter then conveyed the portrait of
Husn Banu to his own prince, who, the instant he saw the picture,
became quite frantic. When he returned to his senses, he
determined in his own mind to set off without his father's leave ;
and without money or necessaries for the journey, without informing
any one of his design, and taking no one with him, he put his trust
in God, and at the dead of night departed for Shahabad, where in
due time he arrived, after encountering the fatigues of the road.
Husn Banu's people brought him food, as was their wont with regard
toothers, and shewed him all possible attention. Next morning they
offered the prince coins of yellow gold, saying, " Accept this for
expenditure on your way." The prince replied, " To me gold is of no
use." Husn Banu's people observed, " You seem penniless, pray
accept this yellow gold, for our lady bestows it in the service of God.
As he persisted in saying that it had no value for him, they informed
Husn Banu, that " a traveller arrived yesterday, who will neither eat
food sufficient for him, nor accept yellow gold." Husn Banu having
summoned him to her presence, said, " Well, stranger, why do you
refuse gold ? Gold is a thing which in times of difficulty people find
useful ; it converts the pale* countenance to red." The prince
replied, " When I came hither I left much treasure and gold behind
me. I am Prince of Kharzim ; thy portrait has driven me mad, and
my ardent desire to see thy face has sent me hither." Husn Banu
held down her head, and after some time said, " Young man,
abandon such vain ideas ; if you were the zephyr itself, you should
not have wafted your breath over my ringlets." The prince to this
implied, " At least I will sacrifice this my miserable life at thy gates."
— " To give away your life," said Husn Banu, " is easy, but to see my
face is impossible : however, if this idea has found a place in your
heart, then you must submit to my injunctions. The prince said, "
Command me, and I shall from my soul consider it as a favour."
Husn Banu said, " The first thing I have to propose is this saying, '
What I once saw I long for a second time ; ' and you must travel till
you find an explanation of it. Infoi'm me where the man is that
utters these words, and also what he has seen. After you have
brought me a solution of this first enigma, I shall tell you the
second." The prince asked where that man dwelt ; to which, Husn
Banu replied, " If I myself knew that? I should have sent my own
people for the investigation of the circum* Yellow or Saffron.